The
Rootless Forest is a project by Beth Derbyshire, a fellow of
Birmingham Institute of Art & Design in conjunction with
the
Canal and River Trust and the
Arts Council England (who are providing the funding). The project involves planting a mini-forest on a barge and then travelling
along the canals around Birmingham and Walsall. The forest plays the sound of "recorded stories about adjustment, homecoming
and relocation, told by two families from the military and UK Afghan communities".
The project launches next Friday and will travel the canals for 6 weeks before residing at New Art Gallery in Walsall until October.
The project
has a website here where you can see the latest progress. The project is
using the unpowered barge 505560 which i photographed at Brindley Place (where the journey will start) back in June.
